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  1. Bobo32

    Mavericky Puig

    Yeah, Cescs flaws were very apparent then (a lovely player of course, and him getting the false 9/10, often in tandem with Messi, was a bit genius). Back then, I thought that Thiago should maybe get a little bit more playing minutes on Iniestas behalf. He was less sloppy with the ball but just...
  2. Bobo32

    Mavericky Puig

    I am not waiting for any transfer. I enjoy watching these clips where he makes brilliant stuff every week over there. I don't care about the level. Since you didn't seem to understand what was stupid about your post, it was comparing assists with Xavi.
  3. Bobo32

    Mavericky Puig

    I felt you were sometimes almost as vicious and angry as some of the worst posters on this forum, but I never thought you were as stupid.
  4. Bobo32

    Mavericky Puig

    Xavi was almost perfect (and perhaps a bit boring), Busquets was a genius while making no errors almost, and Messi too of course. Alves was creative while having a low error percentage, and players like Pedro, Villa and Maxwell were very competent and rarely looked silly. Iniesta attempted a lot...
  5. Bobo32

    Mavericky Puig

    In hindsight it looks a little bit silly to have complained about Iniesta, but back then we had pretty much the perfect team and not so much else to be annoyed about. He was perhaps the one with the best technique and vision (apart from Messi) but made a lot of silly mistakes, because he played...
  6. Bobo32

    Mavericky Puig

    Agree completely, but with Iniesta I often felt he was a little bit sloppy, especially in his later years. A genius but a bit too fearless for me sometimes. They are three great players :)
  7. Bobo32

    Mavericky Puig

    Hm perhaps apart from Xavi v Iniesta I agree with him on every question. I wonder if it's about personal stuff...
  8. Bobo32

    Which player in his prime (active or retired) would fit prime Barca the most?

    Yeah, I think Puig unironically could improve that team when at his best, by subbing Villa and putting Iniesta at LW, sometimes. If I was to build an improved 2012 squad, I think I'd have Puig there, in order to have the option for that tactical switch with a bit more control up front and more...
  9. Bobo32

    Which player in his prime (active or retired) would fit prime Barca the most?

    I enjoyed Thuram as well. He had some of that calmness that Pep later got out of Abidal, I think he was truly a good player, even after his physique was gone, and perhaps we can make a case for him taking a CB spot in 2012 Barcelona when he was in his prime? I remember (although I was pretty...
  10. Bobo32

    Which player in his prime (active or retired) would fit prime Barca the most?

    Perhaps you were a bit curious to see Zambrotta and Thuram, too? Of course they were not in their prime then (as Buffon wasn't neither), but I believe it was the right decision to let Valdes play, I believe he did better than Buffon would've. Both faster off his line, better with the ball, and...
  11. Bobo32

    Which player in his prime (active or retired) would fit prime Barca the most?

    Yeah I believe prime Cristiano would score quite a few goals playing for that Barcelona, but I wonder if the team would be so much stronger after losing the pressing of Pedro/Villa... The wingers needed to be pretty clinical, and be both quick in behind the defense and able to play very well and...
  12. Bobo32

    Marc Cucurella

    IIRC most posters here were extremely negative towards the thought of bringing players like Cucurella and Olmo back to Barcelona when I proposed it a few years ago. Very easy to laugh about stuff like this afterwards, but how many would see Cucurella as a key part of this team before the...
  13. Bobo32

    Mavericky Puig

    I just had their MLS years, but it is easily fixed! https://fbref.com/en/stathead/player_comparison.cgi?request=1&sum=0&dom_lg=1&player_id1=f090a37a&p1yrfrom=2024&player_id2=2f557579&p2yrfrom=2024&player_id3=d70ce98e&p3yrfrom=2024
  14. Bobo32

    Mavericky Puig

    please analyse, I have no time rn (right now) https://fbref.com/en/stathead/player_comparison.cgi?request=1&sum=0&dom_lg=1&player_id1=f090a37a&p1yrfrom=2022&p1yrto=2024&player_id2=2f557579&p2yrfrom=2022&p2yrto=2024&player_id3=d70ce98e&p3yrfrom=2023&p3yrto=2024
  15. Bobo32

    4 - Ronald Araújo

    Nice passion shown from him yesterday!
  16. Bobo32

    Xavi vs Iniesta

    They were extremely similar in some ways, but complete opposites in others. The similarities is in the smooth technique and in the spatial and temporal awareness. Perhaps you can make the point that a player able to play in this "controlled" way while at the same time regularly be decisive with...
  17. Bobo32

    Mavericky Puig

    He had no takes though? He just moaned and called the people who had takes and analyses names in very lazy but emotional posts. He destroyed any possibility of fun and clarification, he was one of the worst posters I have come across on any of the many forums I have been on.
  18. Bobo32

    Mavericky Puig

    By the way, a quite interesting (but long) read this piece about positionism vs relationism: https://spielverlagerung.com/2024/01/10/protagonists-of-the-game-between-absolutism-and-relativism/ That scottish twitter user Jamie Hamilton is the one who coined the term "relationism", and reading his...
  19. Bobo32

    Mavericky Puig

    I became very disinterested in Barcelona recently, started following my local team very closely instead. I have liked this new guy Fermin on midfield though. Here is a clip I stumbled upon yesterday, with Marti Perarnau basically agreeing with me regarding Frenkie
  20. Bobo32

    Mavericky Puig

    :confused:

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